Hand-planter.



J. THEOBALD.

HAND PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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JOHN THEOBALD, 0F ARCI-IBOLD, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO JOHN B. THEOBALD, JR.

I-IAND-PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ea. 10, 1918.

Application filed September 16, 1917. Serial no, 190,611. A

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN TI-IEOBALD, {tell/1- zen of the United States, residing at Archbold, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a hand corn planter, and consists of a simple and eificient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the'letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe device.

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view through the same showing the plunger raised, and

Fig. 8 is a central sectional view showing the plunger at its lowest limit.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters:

A designates a plunger having a handle B at one end and C is a hopper mounted upon a board D. A plate E has parallel flanges E formed upon its longitudinal edges and which are fastened to the edges of said board, with a space intervening between the plate and the adjacent face of the latter, of sufiicient size to receive said plunger. The portion of the plunger which has a reciprocating movement in said space is contracted as at A and A is a shoulder near the upper portion of said contracted part. The plate E has a struck up lug N shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings and to which ablock O is fastened, which latter forms a closure for the opening from which the lug is struck up, said lug serving as a foot-hold for use when it is desired to push the device into the ground. Said block serves as a means for limiting the distance that the lower end of the device is adapted to enter the ground.

Said plunger is provided with two longitudinal slots designated by letters L and O, the former of which is adapted to receive the bolt L, which passes through the plate I the ends of which are bent at angles and extend over the opposite edges of the plunger, tending to guide the latter in its reciprocating movement. Said bolt passes through the board D and serves to holdzthe latter and plunger together. An angled bar P, having 'an elongated slot therein, is mounted to have an adjustable movement within the slot 0 and the inner inclined portion P of the plate P cooperates with the inclined end wall 0 of the slot 0 to receive the kernels of corn or the seed to be planted. An adjusting screw M- passes through the slot P and engages a threaded hole in the plunger and through which means the angled plate may be held in difierent relative positions to feed different numbers of kernels. Said slot or recess formed in the end of the board, has an integral. cross-piece F the edge F of which is beveled, and which serves to retain kernels of corn for the last hill, after corn has been fed forward by the longitudinal movement of the plunger. f It will be noted that the inher face of the plunger is provided with a recess A in which the corn falls asthe plunger is driven back, so that the recess A will come underneath the cross piece F The extreme end of the plunger is provided with a metal tip A which is adapted to drive the seed forward and pack the seed down after the nose of the device "has been inserted in the ground.

A stripper T, prerferably of pliable material, such as rubber, is fastened to the block T, held by means of a screw T in a slot formed in the end of the hopper and which tends to smooth olf the piles of kernels of cornwhich fall into the recess and before the plunger is fed forward. The upper end of said hopper is provided with a sliding door C underneath which said board passes. The upper end D of the board is contracted and is resilient and underneath the same is a in the ends of the plate Q, which is fastened to theunder surface of the plunger.

The operation of my planter Wlll be readily understood as follows:

Corn or other seed is placed in the hopper and v vhen' it is desired'to feed the seed, the operator, by pushing the nose of the device in the ground may form a hole andby pushingthe plunger down, seeds, which may fall into therecess 1n the plunger, will be fed forward lnto the upper recess which is regulated by, said angled plate T, and on the ground, andafter passingthe recessed end of the board, the plunger maybe driven forward and force the seed underneath the surfaceot the ground.

Whenthe ground ,is hard the operator, by pulling on the angled lever, may cause the board and plunger to frictionally engage 6LCl1-0l3l16I,-SO that they may be moved to gether, for the purpose of forming a hole in, the ground, after which, by operating. the plunger independently, it may be set forward inthe usual way.

By' the: provision of acorn planter, made in accordance withmy invention, the device may beadjusted to fit different quantities of seed, the kernels of falling corn being held back-by the recess in the board until the plunger makes a second operation.

What I claim to be-new'is:

1. A hand planter, comprising a reciproeating plunger With a recess in its inner face, said plunger having elongated slots therein, a board with a slot at one end and provided withan opening adjacent the upper end of the slot, an adjustable angle bar secured to the plunger and passing throughone of said slots therein, a plate having longitudinal flanges secured to the opposite edges of the board, a metallic tip on the plunger and movable between the flanges of the plate, and a seed box upon said board;

2. A hand planter, comprising a reciprocating plunger with a recess in its inner face, said plunger having elongated slots therein, aboard with a slot at one end and provided with an opening adjacentthe upper end of the slot, an adjustable angle bar secured to the plunger and passing through one of'said slots therein, a plate having longitudinal flanges secured to the opposite edges of the board, a metallic tip on the plunger and movable between the flanges ofthe plate, a seed box mounted upon said board, the'upper end of the' latter having a yielding struck up portion, an angled lever pivoted to theplunger, and a hook passing through the plunger and engaging over said contracted end and engaged by said angle lever. 4

Iii-testimony whereof I hereunto aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN TI-IEOBALD.

Witnesses A. M. BUHRER, E. E. BUHRJER.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

